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GCI establishes real estate arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... to secure flexible, pragmatic financing solutions. "Combining David's real estate experience with GCI's corporate underwriting skills provides us with a unique capability to craft solutions for clients," Solsky said. "We look forward to extending this ...

AIA restructures retail insurance unit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
AIA Australia's retail insurance division has a new structure, with underwriting, new business administration, and distribution capabilities now combined. The life insurer said the change will unite the key touchpoints in the retail-advised purchasing ...

HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... currently undertaking advanced due diligence for the remaining equity commitment. HMC Capital will provide short-term underwriting support for this amount, it said. As announced in March 2023, UHF will initially own a portfolio of seven acute care hospitals ...

MA Financial strengthens lending business

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... estate and in real estate construction at the mezzanine and personal unsecured level," he said. "We do all of the underwriting and we're not outsourcing that to anyone else, so we very much have ownership of the process in managing and originating ...

No question we need more BTR: Mowat

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... market presented several operational challenges, Mowat said. This included educating banks and their risk teams on underwriting the rental income, as well as finding service providers that understood the market. "There's also just not the data collection ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... another provider. When Mr. K discovered that the full amount of life cover could not be transferred without further underwriting, he did not revisit the advice he provided, the FSCP said. Mr. K, instead, recommended in a Record of Advice (ROA) that the ...

ASIC lifts ClearView interim stop order

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... policies are not suitable if consumers are employed or self-employed for less than 20 hours per week; do not meet underwriting requirements and have sufficient cash or liquid assets which are likely to cover their financial commitments. Additionally ...

ClearView strengthens leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... Faglioni is now responsible for overseeing and driving improvements across administration and operations, including underwriting, claims and rehabilitation. She previously worked at Zurich Australia/ANZ as the head of claims for OnePath before becoming ...

ClearView appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... the group's transformation program, overseeing the launch of its new enterprise policy administration system, and underwriting the rules engine. "Nadine is a well-respected, proven business leader with over 25 years life insurance experience working ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... their wealth is largely in the family home - can continue to qualify for the pension. This means taxpayers end up underwriting future inheritances," the report reads. "Under this change, older Australians who are asset-rich, but cash-poor would not need ...